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A US judge has ordered Twitter to disclose information about three account holders to US officials conducting a probe into WikiLeaks.

In a 60-page opinion issued on Thursday, US District Court Judge Liam O'Grady upheld a ruling by a US magistrate judge concerning the Twitter accounts of Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of the Icelandic parliament, US computer researcher Jacob Appelbaum and Rop Gonggrijp, a Dutch volunteer for WikiLeaks.

Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan ordered the San Francisco-based Twitter in March to hand over information about the three users of the service, rejecting arguments that the move violated freedom of speech and privacy.
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The ruling came after the US Justice Department obtained a court order seeking information from the Twitter accounts as it considers action against WikiLeaks, which has released a trove of secret US diplomatic and military documents.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/us-judge-issues-wikileaks-order-to-twitter-20111112-1ncmr.html#ixzz1decRGu96
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